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EDWARD J. VON PEIN, OF DAYTON, ISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, IN 1906.)

OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAI; CASH REG- OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO, (INCORPORATED MULTIPLE CASH-REGISTER.

Application filed September 1, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. VON PEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, hzwe invented certain new and useful Improvements in Multiple Cash- Registers, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to accounting machines and has for its main object to improve the construction of multiple totalizer machines. In the carrying out of this object a construction is provided wherein a plurality of totalizers is employed, with means for engaging and disengaging any one of these totalizers and a set of actuating devices common thereto. In the particular form shown nine totalizers are mounted on a rotatable frame, and this frame is rotated through different extents under control of a bank of special keys.

The invention is shown as applied to or v as an improvement on a machine of a type well known on the market. In that known machine a rotatable totalizer carrying frame is employed, but it is positioned by a hand lever. The employment of keys to determine which totalizer shall be added to, permits a quicker and more satisfactory operation of the machine, but it is to be understood that it is not desired to limit the invention to use in the known type of machine referred to, as it is susceptible of use in many other relations.

Another object of this invention is to provide means for feeding one at a time, onvelops or the like to the printing mechanism to have printed thereon any suitable data. This feeding mechanism comprises pneu matic devices which deliver the envelops to a set of feed rollers, the latter in turn feed ing the envelops to the printing mechanism.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims, and a pre ferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of the specification.

Figure l is a side elevation of a machine embodying the invention, showing the movable frame carrying a plurality of accumulators. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a ma- Specification of Letters Patent.

stored. Fig.

the mechanism Patented May 9, 1916. Serial No. 647,163.

chine embodying the invention, looking in the opposite direction from that of Fig. 11 and showing the printing mechanism. Fig. 3 is a central transverse sectional view through a machine of a type well known in the art and to which this invention is shown as applied. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the actuating segments and a type carrier cooperating therewith. Fig. 5 1s a transverse sectional view taken alongside of the bank of keys controlling the positioning of the movable frame carrying the accumula-- tors. Fig. 6 is a view somewhat similarto Fig. 5, but looking in the opposite-direction and in addition showing the gearing for operating the positioning devices for the accumulator frame Fig. 7 is a partial rear elevation of the gearing employed in positioning the frame carrying the accumulators. Fig. 8 is a partial front elevation of a receptacle in which envelops or the like are 9 is 'a partial transverse sectional view through the printing mechanism, showing the feeding devices-for the envelops or the like. Fig. 10 is a front elevation of shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a plan view of one of the envelops. Fig. 12 is a view of a portion of the record strip. Fig. 13 is a detail view of the supporting and delivering slide for the envelops and its operating mechanism. Fig. 14 is a detail View of the operating mechanism for the piston of the pneumatic feeding device. Fig. 15 is a detail view of the platen and its operating mechanism for taking an impression upon the envelop from type carriers.

In commercial establishments where the employees are paid in cash instead of by check, their salaries generally are placed in envelops upon which have previously been entered the name, the amount of salary, the department in which each man is employed, and an identifying number. Heretofore this data has been recorded upon the envelops by suitable machines such as typewriters or addressographs and the amounts then separately recorded upon an adding machine in order to obtain the total pay-roll of the various departments for accounting purposes.-

WVith a machine embodying the present improvements, a system may be used whereby envelops are automatically issued with the salary of each employee, his identifying number, and the department in which he is employedrecorded thereupon; and as each envelop is issued the amount recorded thereon 'will be registered upon a depart-.

ment accumulator and also on a grand total accumulator, from which it will be seen that the total pay-roll of each department, as well as the grand total of all of'the departments, may be readily ascertained.

The improvements have been shown as applied to a machine of a type well known in the art and which is fully shown and dis closed in Patent No. 765,767 granted to T. Carroll, July 26, 1904. Only a brief description of the invention disclosed in this patent will be given, and this description will be limited to the parts of that invention which coiiperate with the present improve ments.

The machine to which the improvements are applied is provided with a plurality of banks of amount keys 1, which determine the extents of movement of. differentially movable segments 2. Each of these segments meshes with an intermediate gear 3 which in turn actuates an element 4 of the grand accumulator and an indicator 5. The intermediate gears 3 are secured to the inner ends of nested sleeves 6, which sleeves are suitably secured at their outer ends to actuating segments 7 (Fig. 1), these segments being arranged to actuate department accumulators 8 carried by a movable frame 9, as hereinafter more fully described. Each of the differentially movable segments 2 (Fig. 3) is provided with a roller 10, which plays in an elongated slot 11 of an arm 12 which is secured at its lower end to one end of one of a series of nested sleeves 13. The other ends of these nested sleeves carry se cuts 14 (Fig. 4), which mesh with pimons 15 to which are suitably secured type carriers 16, as is well known and duly shown and described in the aforementioned Carroll patent. In addition to the amount keys 1, the machine shown in the; present case is also provided with additional and similar banks of keys, which banks in the present instance are used for controlling the recording of the employees identifying number. It is to be understood that while these banks of number keys control the actuation of the indicators 5 in a manner similar to the amount keys, they do not actuate elements of the grand accumulator. An additional bank of keys 17 (Figs. 1 and 5) controls the positioning of the movable frame 9 carrying the department accumulators 8. These keys are arranged latched in their depressed positions by a detent 18 which is suitably mounted upon one of the side frames 19 of the machine. Also mounted upon the side frame 19 adj acent to the detent 18, is a slide plate 20, with inclined slots 21 which are engaged by pins 22 projecting from the keys 17. This tobe' slide plate 20 is provided with a rearward extension 23 which, when said plate 20 is elevated, engages with an arm 24 projecting downwardly and forwardly from a rock shaft 25. This rock shaft at its other end has secured thereto an arm 26 (Fig. 2) which engages with a locking disk 27 secured to one of the driving gears. From this it will be seen that upon the depressing of any one of the department keys 17 the operating gearing will be free to be rotated.

' When the operating gearing is released, as above described, it is driven by an operat ing handle 28 in thefollowing manner. The handle 28 is provided with a pinion 29, which meshes with an intermediate gear 30, which in turn meshesfwith a gear 31 which is secured to locking disk 27. This gearing 31 is secured to the right hand end of a shaft 32, the other end of said shaft having mounted thereon suitable mechanism, as hereinafter described, for raising'the positioned accumulator 8. of the movable frame 9 into engagement with the actuators 7.

The gear 31 meshes with a similar gear 33' which is loosely mounted upon a transverse shaft 33. The gear 33 has pinned thereto (Fig. 7) a smaller gear 34, which in turn meshes with a similar gear 35 secured to a transverse shaft '36. This latter shaft has secured thereto a muitlated gear 38. The above described gearing is so proportioned that for a complete rotation of the shaft 36, three rotations of the crank handle 28 are required. Upon the second and third rotations of the crank handle 28, the mutilated gear 38 engages with a gear 39 secured to the transverseshaft 33 and imparts a full rotation to said gear and shaft. Attached to the mutilated gear 38 and the gear 39 are locking disks 40 and 41 respectively, which are so constructed that upon the first rotation of the crank handle, the shaft 33 to which is secured the gear 39, is locked from rotation, while on the other two rotations of the crank handle, the said shaft is free to be rotated by the gear 38.

The shaft 36, near its right hand end. has secured thereto a mutilated gear 43, (Figs. 5 and 7) which normally engages a gear 44 secured to the inner end of a short shaft 45 suitably supported by the machine frames 19. The other end of this shaft 45 has secured thereto a disk 46 to which are pinned the rear ends of links 47 and 48. The forward ends of the links 47 and 48 are secured to segmental plates 49 and 50 which are loosely mounted upon a rock shaft 51. The links 47 and 48 are secured to the plates 49 and 50 upon opposite sides of the shaft 51 so that when these links are moved forward upon the rotation of the shaft 45 carrying the disk 46, the plates 49 and 50 will be rocked in opposite directions. Upon the first rotation of the crank handle 28, the shaft 36 will be given one-third of a rotation, as heretofore described, and thus, through the mutilated gear 43 and gear 44, will rotate the shaft 'one-half of a rotation. The disk 42 having the mutilated gear 43, and the gear 44 are provided with locking disks 52 and 53, respectively, which are so constructed that upon the second rotation of the crank handle 28, as the mutilated gear 43 passes out of engagement with the gear 44, they will lock said gear 44 and the shaft 45 from operation. Upon the third rotation of the crank handle, the mutilated gear 43 will again engage with the gear 44 and complete the rotation of said gear and the shaft 45, and this movement will, through the links 47 and 48, return the cam plates 49 and 50 to their normal positions, as shown in Fig. 5.

Loosely mounted upon 'the shaft 51 adj acent to the cam plates 49 and-50 are differentially movable elements 54 and 55, which coiiperate respectively with the cam plates 49 and 50. By an operation of the machine, the differentially movable elements 54 and 55 will be moved by these cam plates 49 and 50 until trip pawls 56 carried by said elements 54 and' 55 contactwith opposite sides of the inner ends of the depressed key 17. These pawls 56 are mounted upon plates 57 which are pivoted to the elements 54 and 55. These plates are provided with forked projections 58 in which enter pins 59 projecting from slides 60 which are carried upon the differentially movable elements 54 and 55 by parallel links 61 secured to said elements. Upon the further movement of the cam plates 49 and 50, after the pawls 56 have come into contact with the inner ends of the depressed key, the plates 57 are rocked about their pivotal points and, through the forked extensions 58 of said plates and pins 59, move the slides 60 forwardly, so that the inner ends of these slides pass out of engagement with notches 62 formed upon the cam plates 49 and. 50. This outward movement of the slides 60 causesthe forward ends of said slides to pass into notches 63 formed upon plates 64 suitably attached to one of the frames. 19 and thereby prevents any overthrow movement of the differential elements 54 and 55, as the inner ends of said slides then rest upon the outer surfaces of the cam plates 49 and 50. It is to be understood that this movement of the differential elements 54 and 55 occurs upon the first rotation of the crank handle 28 and before the shaft 33*, which drives the registering and indicating mechanism, has started to rotate. The slides 60 are normally forced into the notches 62 of the cam plates 49 and 50 by springs 65, which are interposed between projections 66 of the differentially movable elements and extensions of the plates 57 which are pivotally mounted upon said elements.

The differentially movable elements 54 and 55 are provided with rearward extensions 67 which are moved toward each other as these elements are oscillated by the cam plates 49 and 50. These extensions 67 are arranged to contact with a stud 68 projecting inwardly from a segmental plate 69, which is pivotally mounted upon one end of the shaft 51 (Fig. 1). When the pawls 56 are arrested by the depressed key, the extensions 67 of the differentially movable elements 54 and 55 contact with the stud 68 upon opposite sides thereof. These extensions 67 operate in a manner similar to a pair of scissors and if one of these extensions is arrested be fore the other one, the extension of the unarrested element will rock the segmental plate 69 by the stud 68 until said stud contacts with the extension 67 of the other element.

The plate 69 is provided with a rock portion 7 0 which meshes with a segmental rack plate 71, loosely mounted upon a transverse shaft 72. This plate 71 has secured thereto a larger segmental plate 73 which normally meshes with a pinion 74 secured to the movable frame 9 carrying the department accumulators. From this description it will be seen that the elements 54 and are differentially adjusted in accordance with the key 17 depressed, and, through the extensions 67 of said elements, position the plate 69, which in turn, through the segmental plates 71 and 7 3 and pinion 74, positions the movable frame 9-s0 as to bring the accumulator 8 corresponding to the key depressed, into 00- operative relation with the actuators 7. This all occurs during the first rotation of the crank handle and before the actuators are moved.

After the desired department accumulator 10 5 has been brought into position to be connected with the actuators 7, a slide 75 carrying the accumulator frame 9 is elevated during the second .rotation of the crank handle so as to engage the positioned accumulator with said actuators. This elevation of the slide 75 is brought about by a plate 76 which is loosely mounted upon the shaft 32, and

is provided with an anti-friction roller 78 and an L-shaped slot 79. The roller 78 plays 5 in a cam groove 80 formed in a disk 81 secured to the shaft 33". The plate 76 will be rocked in a counter-clockwise direction by the cam groove 80 and by one of the walls of the L-shaped slot 79 engaging with an anti-friction roller 82, will elevate the slide 75, thus meshing the gears of the positioned accumulator 8 with the actuators 7.

After the accumulator frame 9 has been properly positioned, the extensions 67 of the differentially movable elements 54 and 55 are free to be returned to their normal positions and this occurs upon the third rotation of the crank handle 28 by the following means. The cam plates 49 and 50, which are given an invariableexcursion upon each operation of the machine, are equipped with lateral projections 49* and 50 respectively. The projection 49 is constructed to engage a portion of the differentially movable element 54, while the projection 50 engages the extension 67 of the differentially movable element 55. Therefore when said plates 49 and 50 are returned to their normal positions, as shown in Fig. 5, the projections 49 and 50 will return the differentially movable elements 54 and 55 to their normal positions, as shown in said figure.

The plate 69 (Fig. 1) is provided with another segmental rack portion 83 which meshes with a pinion 84 secured to a stub shaft 85 suitably mounted in the machine frame. This pinion 84 meshes with a gear 851 suitably mounted on one of the side frames. Attached to this gear 851 is a disk 86 having a cam groove 87 into which plays a roller 88 projecting from the rearward end of a link 89, the forward end of which is secured to an arm 90, which in turn is fast to one end of the previously mentioned shaft 72. This shaft at its other end (Fig. 2) is provided with a segmental rack plate 91 which meshes with a pinion 92, that in turn is suitably connected to one ofthe type carriers 16, upon which are engraved characters designating the different departments.

The stub shaft 85 (Figs. 1 and 5) has se cured to its inner end a pinion 9a which meshes with teeth 95 formed in the lower end of a plate 96 suitably mounted upon the machine frame. The upper end of this plate 96 is provided with teeth 98 which mesh with a pinion 99 secured to an indicator 100. By reciprocating the rack plate 96 suitable characters on the indicator are brought to the reading point to indicate the accumulator last operated.

The plate 69 has attached thereto a plate 101 which is provided with alining notches 102, the latter being engaged by one end of a bell crank pawl 102 which is suitably pivoted upon one of the machine frames. The pawl 102 has projecting from its other end a pin 103, which plays in an elongated slot 104 formed in the lower end of a slide 105, the upper end of which is provided with an anti-friction roller 106, which plays in a cam groove 107 formed in -a disk 108 secured to the shaft 36. The shape of the cam groove 107 is such that upon the beginning of the rotation of the shaft 36, the alining pawl 102 will be rocked out of engagement with the notches 102 of the alining plate 101 so that the plate 69 carrying the alining plate 101 will be free to be moved. After the plate 69 has been positioned by the extensions 67 of the differentially movable elements 54 and 55, the pawl 102 will be rocked into engagement with one of the notches 102 of the alining plate 101 and hold said plate from movement during the actuation of the department accumulator by the actuators 7, after which the slide 105 will be slightly cammed downwardly until the upper end of the slot 104 contacts with the pin 103 of the alining pawl 102. The pawl is then held in engagement with the alining plate by a spring 109, the ends of which are secured to one end of the pawl 102 and the slide 105. j

A mechanism for printing and feeding envelops is shown in the drawings and may be next described. This part of the machine is intended primarily for assisting the making up of pay*rolls. In that class of work it is the custom to enter the amounts due employees on envelops by hand. The amounts must be added in some way as a check on the accuracy of the marking and to determine how much money is needed altogether.

The present machine provides means for printin the desired amounts on the envelops by depression of the keys, and operation of the machine. Thus it will be evident that the great labor of adding these amounts repeatedly is avoided, as each amount is entered on a totalizer as it is printed on the envelop.

Of course the envelops might be placed in printing position one at a time by hand, but an effective and simple mechanism is provided serving to feed the envelops one at a time to the printing position automatically. This mechanism includes a pneumatic or suction device for withdrawing the envelops successively from a stack of envelops and carrying the withdrawn envelop to the printing position.

Fast to the left hand end of the shaft 33 is a gear 110 (Figs. 2, 7, 9 and 10). This gear meshes with a similar gear 111, which is secured to a stub shaft 112 suitably secured in the; frame work of the machine. The gear 111 meshes with a gear 112- secured to a stub shaft 113, and this latter gear meshes with a similar gear 114 secured to a feed roller 115. The shaft 113 has also secured thereto a gear 116 which meshes with a similar gear 117 secured to a stub shaft 118 suitably mounted in the .frame work of the machine. For the sake of clearness the pitch lines only of the above described gearing are shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings. A storage receptacle 119 is suitably mounted on the frame work of the machine and within this receptacle are placed envelops 120 or the like. These envelops rest upon a movable slide or table 121 and are held in place by a suitable weight 122. This slide or table 121 has attached thereto an air chamber in the form of a cylinder 123, and said slide is guided by grooves formed in extensions 124 of a stationary table 125. Suitable air ports 126 connect the table 121 and the cylinder 123. The stationary table 125 carries a set of feed rollers 127 which contact with the reviously mentioned feed roller 115.

T e cylinder 123 has an extension 128 upon which is mounted a bell crank lever 129, one arm of which is connected by a suitable rod to a piston 130 that plays in the air chamber 123. The other arm of the bell crank is provided with an elongated slot 131 into which extends a pin 132 projecting from an arm 133, which is secured to a shaft 134 that is supported by frame work 135 of the printing mechanism. This shaft 134 has secured near its inner end an arm 136 to which is pivoted the lower end of a pitman 137, the upper end of which straddles the afore mentioned stub shaft 118. This pitman 137 near its upper end is provided with a roller 138, which plays in acam groove 139 formed in a disk'140 secured to said shaft 118 (see Figs. 9, 10 and 14). On the opposite side of the disk 140, in which the cam groove 139 is formed is another cam groove 141 (Fig. 13) in which plays a roller 142 projecting from a pitman 143 near its upper end, the lower end of said pitman being connected to an arm 144, which is secured to a short shaft 145 that is suitably mounted in the frame work of the machine. At is outer end this shaft 145 has secured thereto an upwardly extending arm 146, which is connected to the air chamber 123 by a link 147.

The timing of the cam grooves 139 and 141 formed in the disk 140 is such, that upon the beginning of the rotation of said disk, pitman 137 will be moved downwardly, by which movement the bell crank 129 is rocked in an anti-clockwise direction thereby drawing the piston 130 toward the free end of the air chamber 123. This movement of the piston in the air chamber creates a suction or partial vacuum, so that the lowermost envelop will be held to the table 121, at which time the pitman 143 will be lowered by the cam groove 141 so as to move the air chamber and the piston forwardly. During this forward movement of the table or slide 121 carrying the air chamber 123, the piston will be moved with said air chamber by its pitman 137 so as to continue the vacuum created by the initial movement of said piston. This movement of the table 121 Will carry the lowermost envelop to the feed rolls 115 and 127 which will then grip the envelop and feed it upon the stationary table 125 into a position to have printed thereon the desired data from the type carriers 16.

After the envelop has been fed to the type carriers, as above described, a cam groove 148 formed in a disk 149 (Figs. 10 and 15) will rock an arm 150 in a clockwise direction by a roller 151, which projects from said arm into the cam groove 148. This arm 150 is connected by'a short sleeve 152 which surrounds the shaft 145 to a forwardly extending arm 153. At its forward end this arm is connected to a frame 154 which carries a platen 155. The shape of the cam groove 148 is such that the platen will first be elevated to ink the type carriers 16 by the ink pad 156, which has previously been positioned by mechanism (not shown but which is fully shown and described in the afore mentioned Carroll patent), after which the platen is elevated a second time to take an impression upon the positioned envelop 120 from the type carriers. After the envelop or the like has been fed to the feed rollers the slide 121 and the air chamber 123 comprising the pneumatic devices are returned to their normal positions, as shown in the drawings. A spring operated valve 157 is located in the rear of the air chamber 123 so as to permit escape of the air in the cylinder upon the return of the piston to its normal position. The lower forward edge of the receptacle 119 is provided with a plate 158 (Figs. 8 and 9) which may be adjusted so as to prevent the passage of more than one envelop at a time from said receptacle.

The type carriers 16 are provided with twosets of duplicate type characters which are arranged diametrically opposite each other, the lower set being for the purpose of printing upon the envelops, while the upper set is used for printing upon a record strip 159 (Figs. 2 and 12). This record strip is led from a supply roll 160 around a platen 161 to a storage roll 162. The platen 161 and the storage roll 162 are carried by an arm 163 which is loosely mounted upon the stub shaft 113. This arm 163 has an upwardly extending portion 164, which at its upper end is provided with a roller 165 (Figs. 2 and 9), which plays in a cam groove 166 formed in a disk 167, which is secured to the stub shaft 112 to which is also secured the gear 111. The shape of the cam groove 166 is such, that the platen is rocked twice during each rotation of the shaft 112. The first rocking of the platen 161 is for the purpose of forcing the upper ink pad 156 into contact with the type carriers and the second rocking of the arm 163 carrying the platen serves to take an impression upon the record strip 159 from the type carriers 16. Attached to the storage roll 162 is a ratchet wheel 168 with which coiiperates a' feed pawl 169 for feeding the ratchet and the storage roll one step at each operation of the machine, as is well known and fully described in the above mentioned Carroll patent. A retaining pawl 170 also engages with the ratchet 168 for preventing a retro.- grade movement of said ratchet.

The type carriers 16 bearing the identifying numbers and the departmental characters are separated from the type carriers which print the amounts so as to avoid any possibilit of confusing the amounts with the identifying numbers, as fully shown by the data printed upon the envelop 120 and the record strip 159 (Figs. 11 and 12).

The shaft 33, which as previously described is given a full rotation upon the complete operation of the machine, has seclred thereto near its right hand end a disk 1 1 172. A roller 173 extending from the rear end of a link 74 rests upon the periphery of the disk 171, and this link at its forward end is pivoted to one side of a yoke shaped frame 175, which is loosely mounted upon the transverse shaft 25. The other side of this yoke shaped frame 175 (Fig. 1) is pivoted to the upper end of the detent 18 for the departmental keys 17, and near the end of the rotation of the shaft 33 the camming portion 172 of the disk 171 engages with the roller 173 and moves the link 174, from which the roller projects, rearwardly. This rearward movement of the link 174 rocks the yoke shaped frame 175 in an anti-clockwise direction, by which movement the detent 18 is elevated to release the depressed departmental key. A spring 176 returns the detent 18 to its normal latching position when the camming portion 172 of the disk 171 passes the roller 173, which occurs nearly at the end of the operation of the machine.

It will be seen that a machine embodying the improvements above described is of great assistance in auditing the pay-rolls of large commercial establishments, as it enables the segregation of the pay-roll of the various departments, While at the same time accumulating the grand total of the various departments.

If a permanent record of the pay-roll is desired, the record strip 159, containing the department designations, the numbers identifying the employees, and the amount paid each employee, may be dated and filed for future reference.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form of embodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What I claimed is:

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a movable frame and a plurality of accounting devices carried thereby, of a single set of actuators common to said accounting devices, and a pair of elements differentially movable in opposite directions and from a normal position for moving the frame directly from one (Fig. 5) which has a camming portionposition to another to bring the desired accounting device into cooperative relation with the actuators.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a movable frame and a plurality of accounting devices carried thereby, of a single set of actuators common to said accounting devices, a pair of elements differentially movable in opposite directions for moving the frame and bringing any one of the accounting devices into cooperative relation with the actuators, a main operating mechanism for driving said elements and a series of keys for controlling the differentially movable elements.

3. In an accounting machine, the combination with a rotary frame and a plurality of accumulators carried thereby, of a single set of actuators common to said accumulators, and a pair of oscillatory elements differentially movable in opposite directions and from a normal position for rotating the frame directly from one position to another to bring any desired accumulator into cooperative relation with the actuators.

4. In an accounting machine, the combination with a rotary frame and a plurality of accumulators carried thereby, of a single set of actuators common to said accumulators, a pair of oscillatory elements differentially movable in opposite directions for rotating the frame and bringing any desired accumulator into cooperative relation with the actuators, a main operating mechanism for driving said elements, and a series of keys controlling the differentially movable elements.

5. In an accounting machine, the COIIlblnation with a movable frame and a plurality of accumulators carried thereby, of a single set of actuators common to said accumulators, a shaft and a pair of oscillatory elements mounted thereon, means for differentially moving said elements in opposite directions, and from a normal position, and means actuated by the difl'erentially movable elements for moving the frame and directly bringing any-desired accumulator into coiiperative relation with the actuators.

6. In an accounting machine, the combination with a rotary frame and a plurality of accumulators carried thereby, of a single set of actuators common to said accumulators, a shaft and a pair of oscillatory elements mounted thereon for rotating the frame and bringing any desired accumulator into cooperative relation with the actuators, a second shaft and connections therefrom whereby operation of the second shaft rocks the oscillatory elements in opposite directions.

7. In an accounting machine, the combination with a rotary frame and a plurality of accumulators carried thereby, of a singIe set of actuators common to said accumulators, a pair of oscillatory elements differentially movable in opposite directions for rotating the frame and bringing any desired accumulator into cooperative relation with the actuators, independent operating devices for the actuators and the os cillatory elements, and gearing for said operating devices so constructed that the actuator operating devices are locked while the oscillatory elements are rotating the frame carrying the accumulators.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting mechanism capable of operation in either direction; of a plurality of devices for operating the accounting mechanism in opposite directions effective on the accounting mechanism in one direction of their movement only; and means for moving the devices simultaneously from normal position to complementary extents to adjust the accounting mechanism from one position directly to another.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting mechanism; of a plurality of devices for operating the accounting mechanism in opposite directions effective on the accounting mechanism in one direction of their movement only; means for moving the devices to complementary extents to adjust the accounting mechanism from one position directly to another; and alining devices, positively actuated by said means for locking said accounting device in adjusted position.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting mechanism; of a plurality of bell crank levers having a normal position and constructed to operate the accounting mechanism in opposite directions effective on the accounting mechanism in one direction of their movement only; and means for simultaneously moving the bell crank levers from normal position to complementary extents to adjust theaccounting mechanism from one position directly to another, the bell crank lever not serving to adjust the accounting mechanism serving as a positive stop for the latter when it reaches adjusted position.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting mechanism; of operating means; and a plurality of devices having a normal position and always movable simultaneously and differentially from normal position by the operating means for actuating the former from the latter and for limiting said actuation, one of the devices serving to limit the actuation of the accounting mechanism when the other is actuating it.

12. In a machine of the class described, the combination with two differentially movable frames; of keys for positively limiting the extent of movement of both frames; operating mechanism for moving the frames differentially and to complementary extents; indicating mechanism; and connections between the frames and the indicating mechanism whereby one of the frames moves the indicator in one direction to adjust it to the desired indicator position or the other frame adjusts it in the other direction to adjust it to the desired indicating position.

13. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting element; of concentrically pivoted arms, normally separated angularly about their .pivotal center by a constant angle; and accounting element; an actuating device for the accounting element having a portion projecting between said pivoted arms; and means for moving the pivoted arms to complementary extents and in opposite directions, so that one of the arms will pick up the projecting portion and move it into engagement with the other arm and thereby adjust the actuating mechanism to adjust the accounting element directly from one position to another.

14. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting element; of concentrically pivoted arms normally separated angularly about their pivotal center by a constant angle; an accounting element; an actuator for the accounting element projecting between said pivoted arms; means for moving the pivoted arms to complementary extents and in opposite directions, so that one of the arms will pick up the actuator and move it into engagement with the other arm and thereby adjust the accounting element directly from one position to another; and means for positively locking the actuating element in adjusted position.

15. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting element; of an actuator therefor; two movable members either of which is adapted to position the accounting element dependent on the position of the accounting element at the beginning of the operation of the machine, and the position to which it is to be adjusted; and means for moving the members differentially and in opposite directions to complementary extents for this purpose.

16. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting element; of an actuator therefor; two movable opposite directions to complementary extents for this purpose.

17. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a differentially movable frame; operating mechanism therefor; a second frame adapted to be moved by the operating mechanism to extents complementary to the movements of the first mentioned frame; indicating mechanism; and means intermediate the frames and the indicating mechanism whereby the first mentioned frame adjusts the indicator in one direction or the last mentioned frame adjusts it in the other direction to the desired indicating position.

18. In a machine of the class described, the combination of an accounting mechanism; a plurality of oscillating devices for operating the accounting mechanism in opposite directions effective on the accounting mechanism in one direction of their movement only; and means for moving the devices to complementary extents to adjust the accounting mechanism from one position directly to another.

19. In a machine of the class described, the combination of an accounting mechanism; a plurality of devices for operating the accounting mechanism in opposite directions effective on the accounting mechanism in one direction of their movement only; and means for moving the devices to complementary extents to adjust the accounting mechanism from one position directly to another, the device not serving to adjust the accounting mechanism serving as a positive stop for the latter when it reaches adjusted position.

20. In a mechanism of the class described, the combination of accounting mechanism; manipulative mechanism; and a plurality of differentially movable devices having a normal position for actuating the former from the latter and for limiting such actuation, one of the devices serving to limit the actuation of the accounting mechanism when the other is actuating it.

21. In an accounting mechanism, the combination of an operating device; an indicator; and a plurality of differentially movable connections between the operating device and the indicator and independently operated by the operating device, one serving to differentially adjust the indicator and the other to limit the adjusting movement.

22.- In a machine of the class described, the combination with a plurality of differentially and complementarily movable elements; of means for operating said elements; an indicator; and connections whereby the differential complementary movement of the aforesaid elements will differentially adjust the indicator directly from one position to another and positively limit the extent of such adjustment.

23. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a differentially movable frame; of a second frame movable to extents complementary to the movements of the first mentioned frame; operating mechanism for the frames; latch means between the operating mechanism and the frames; keys for controlling said latch means; indicating mechanism; and means intermediate the frames and the indicating mechanism whereby the first mentioned frame adjusts the indicator in one direction or the last mentioned frame adjusts it in the opposite direction,

24. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting mechanism; of two devices for operating the accounting mechanism in opposite directions effective on the accounting mechanism in one direction of their movement only; operating means for moving the devices to complementary extents to adjust the accounting mechanism directly from one position to another; latch means intermediate said operating means and said devices; and manipulative means for controlling said latch means. I

25. In a machine of the class described, the combination with. an accounting mechanism; of two devices for operating the ac-' countin mechanism in opposite directions; mechanlsm including latching means. for moving said devices to complementary extents to adjust the accounting mechanism from one position directly to another; the device not serving to adjust the accounting mechanism serving as a positive stop for the latter when it reaches adjusted position; and manipulative means for controlling said latching means. i

26. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting mechanism; of av plurality of difierentially and complementarily movable elements; mechanism including latching means for operating said elements; manlpulative means controlling said latching means; and connections whereby the differential complementary movement of the aforesaid elements will differentially adjust the accounting mechanism directly from one position to another and positively limit the extent of such adjustment.

27. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting mechanism capable of operation in either direction; of a plurality of devices; each including latch mechanism, for operating the accounting mechanism in opposite directions effective on the accounting device in one direction of their movement only and having a normal position; means for moving said devices from normal position to complementary extents to adjust the accounting mechanism from one position directly to another;

mentary extents formovin and manipulative means for tripping said latch mechanism when the devices have moved to complementary extents.

28. In a machine of the class described, the combination with accounting mechanism; of operating means; a plurality of devices including latching means for actuating the accounting mechanism and for limiting said actuation; one of the devices serving to limit the actuation of the accounting mechanism when the other is actuating it; and meansfor controlling said latching means.

29. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a movable frame, and a plurality of accounting devices carried thereby; of a single set of actuators common to said accounting devices; and a pair of elements differentially movable to complementary extents in opposite directions for moving the frame and bringing any one of the accounting devicesinto cooperative relation with the actuators.

30. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a movable frame and a plurality of accounting devices carried thereby; of a single set of actuators common to said accounting devices; and apair of devices, each including latching mechanism, differentially movable in opposite directions for moving the frame and bringing any one of the accounting devices into cooperative relation with the actuators; and means controlling said latch mechanisms.

31. In a machine of the class described, the. combination with a. movable frame and a plurality of accounting devices carried thereby; of a single set of actuators common to said accounting devices; and a pair of elements differentially movable in opposite directions and to complementary extents for moving the frame and limiting such movement to bring any one of the accounting devices 'into cooperative relation with the actuators, one of the devices serving to limit the movement of the frame when the other is moving it.

32. In a machine of the a plurality of accounting devices carried thereby; of a single set of actuators common to said accounting devices; and a pair of elements differentially movable to complethe frame and limiting such movement to bring any one of the accounting devices into cooperative relation with the actuators, one of the elements serving to limit the movement of the frame when the other is moving it.

33. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a movable frame, and a plurality of accounting devices carried thereby; of a single set of actuators common to said accountingdevices; and a pair of elements differentially movable to complementary extents for moving the frame to classdescribed, the combination with a movable frame and bring any one of the accounting devices into cooperative relation with the actuators.

34. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a movable frame, and a plurality of accounting devices carried thereby; of a single set of actuators common to said accounting devices; a pair of ele ments differentially movable in opposite directions for moving the frame and bringing any one of the accounting devices into cooperative relation with the actuators; means having an invariable. extent of movement; connections intermediate said means and said elements for moving said elements; and means for operating said connections to disconnect them from said invariably movable means at different points of movement of the latter means and thereby control the extent of movement of the elements.

In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accounting device, of means for differentially positioning said accounting device forwardly or backwardly, said means comprising a pair of complementary movable members and an actuator for the accounting device in opposite directions by the respective complementary movable members.

36. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a rotatable reel on which are mounted a plurality of accounting devices, of accounting device actuators, a pair of complementarlly movable members, means actuated by the complementarily movable members for differentially rotating the reel forwardly or backwardly for the purpose of operatively associating any accounting device with the actuators, and keys controlling said complementarily movable members.

37. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a movable device, of a plurality of totalizers carried thereby, a set of totalizer actuators, a pair of differentially and complementarily movable members, means for giving said members differential complementary movement combining to a constant value, connections whereby the aforesaid movable device may be adjusted directly and in either direction from one position to another by differential complementary movement of the movable members to select any desired totalizer for actuation, and manipulative devices for controlling said movements of the movable members and thereby the adjustment of the totalizer carrying device.

38. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a rotatable reel, of a plurality of totalizers carried thereby, a set of totalizer actuators a 'pair of differentially and complementarily movable members, means for giving said members differential complementary movements combining to a constant value. connections whereby the aforesaid rotatable reel may be rotated directly and in either direction from one position to another by difierential complementary movement of the movable elements whereby to position any desired totalizer opposite the actuators, and manipulative devices for controlling said movements of the movable members and thereby the rotation of the totalizer carrying reel.

39. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a differentially adjustable frame, of a plurality of totalizers carried thereby, a set of totalizer actuators, a pair of differentially and complementarily movable members, means for giving said members differential complementary movements combining to a constant value, connections whereby the aforesaid movable device may be adjusted directly and in either direction from one position to another by differential complementary movement of the movable members whereby to establish operative relation between the desired totalizer and the actuators, and a series of keys for limiting the movements of the movable members.

40. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a rotatable reel, of a plurality of totalizers carried thereby, a set of totalizer actuators, a pair of differentially and complementarily movable members, invariably moved means for giving said members differential complementary movements combining to a constant value, connections whereby the aforesaid rotatable reel may be rotated directly and in either direction from one position to another by differential complementary movement of the movable mem bers to establish operative relationship between the desired totalizer and the actuators, and a series of keys selectively depressible into the path of the movable members to limit the movements of said members and thereby control the extent and direction of rotation of the totalizer reel.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD J. VON PEIN. 

